Monday, August 23, 2021

Gold Reading Group

Extraordinary Earthworms 

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Please write your work on a piece of paper and you can glue this into your Pānui book later. You can also publish your work on your Hamilton East School account. Save it in your Reading Folder.

Check-up questions

Page 2 – What does extraordinary mean? If you are not sure, answer this question after you have read the whole text. Hint: the word “extra” means “more” but when it is used as a prefix, it means “more than” or “beyond”. For example, he word “extraterrestrial” meaning “beyond earth”. 

Page 3 – How do the page 3 photo and caption help you to understand the information on these pages?

Page 6 – What paragraph that tells you how an earthworm moves? What does it look like as it stretches and shortens?

After reading – What do you think the author thinks is most important about earthworms? What tells you that the author thinks earthworms are extraordinary and wants you to agree? 

Activities 

What are some synonyms (words with the same meaning) for “extraordinary”?

Draw a diagram of an earthworm. Add some facts about earthworm in text boxes.


The White-tailed Spider

If you can't access the link to the Google Slide, please contact me.

Please write your work on a piece of paper and you can glue this into your Pānui book later. You can also publish your work on your Hamilton East School account. Save it in your Reading Folder.

Questions

Why do white-tailed spiders have a bad name?

Why does the author think that white-tailed spiders don’t deserve their bad name?

Did this text change your opinion about white-tailed spiders? Why or why not?

Activities 

Research another spider and share some facts about it on the blog, in your Pānui book or on your Google Drive. Please move the file to your Reading folder. You can also add pictures to your work.


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